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just only ones with carrots and young parents with children yesterday may need a daughter her little miyagi quake happening as we tried to call her but more connection was lost although the epicenter was far away from talking oh i thought it was an issue rocked it seemed like everything around me were crashing it was happening all day every time i returned home it started again. has declared a major just nuclear power emergency after the cooling system failed plan to focus shima following that earthquake in the northeast he spoke. earlier he's a u.n. expert about chemical safety he says there is reason for major concern right now. the problem is that she lived very serious because we're talking could both be possible destructionists of the chemical plants and also the atomic storage stations and as to the chemical plant evidently we are having in mind it possible come terminations. of the air and the land with the toxic chemicals which my. bowing to the agricultural products and as to the nuclear power stations i have to say bed the japanese nation became very sensitive to the problem of fe
just only ones with carrots and young parents with children yesterday may need a daughter her little miyagi quake happening as we tried to call her but more connection was lost although the epicenter was far away from talking oh i thought it was an issue rocked it seemed like everything around me were crashing it was happening all day every time i returned home it started again. has declared a major just nuclear power emergency after the cooling system failed plan to focus shima following that...
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>> that's right, miyagi, the indicators damaged. ibaraki, further south, is measuring normal levels. but again, only temporarily. we expect the cloud to go over ibaraki, as well. and normal levels will start to shoot up in the next few hours. >> and i want to see what you think about fukushima. we'll push in there. and you'll see a number of indicators are showing spiked levels. this is expected. when you hear the plume this morning, we could see readings even higher than we're seeing. >> the outer ring is six miles outside of the radiation zone. radiation level there's are approximately 110 microsieverts per hour. in other words, a chest x-ray per hour in these areas. as you go closer to the reactor, it starts to go up to hundreds, thousands of chest x-rays per hour. 6 >> we heard from david wright, that the average person working noir the near the plant and living around faukushima has ben exposed to 16,000 times the radiation? >> that's right. we're talking about staggering amounts of radiation. if you go in the reactor site itse
>> that's right, miyagi, the indicators damaged. ibaraki, further south, is measuring normal levels. but again, only temporarily. we expect the cloud to go over ibaraki, as well. and normal levels will start to shoot up in the next few hours. >> and i want to see what you think about fukushima. we'll push in there. and you'll see a number of indicators are showing spiked levels. this is expected. when you hear the plume this morning, we could see readings even higher than we're...
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i saw miyagi on the television. i knew that was her prefecture and where she was. >> you probably didn't expect her to pick up the phone right away under the circumstances. when were you able to get some information about her whereabouts immediately at the time of the quake? >> this past wednesday. >> and what were you told? >> that she was working at the elementary school. >> she was working at the school. the quake happened. my understanding is that she helped get some of the kids home. is that what you have heard? >> we heard that she -- the parents were coming from their children. she waited until the children were picked up. some of them -- some of the parents hadn't arrived yet so they were outside waiting in a pavilion and when she left and was told that she needs to be careful because tsunamis often come after an earthquake. >> andy, her form of transportation was a bicycle. have you been able to do the math and figure out how much time she had from the time she left until the tsunami came through? >> yes. i
i saw miyagi on the television. i knew that was her prefecture and where she was. >> you probably didn't expect her to pick up the phone right away under the circumstances. when were you able to get some information about her whereabouts immediately at the time of the quake? >> this past wednesday. >> and what were you told? >> that she was working at the elementary school. >> she was working at the school. the quake happened. my understanding is that she helped...
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you saw our camera reporter in miyagi. and it looks like the tsunami has engulfed several cities in the miyagi prefecture. live footage as the tsunami has struck the area, obviously, engulfing farms, homes, alongside the river. can you see the white tsunami wave moving upstream. obviously, the camera is shaking there from aftershocks that are going on. looks like there's a fire that's happening inside the city. obviously, not being completely contained by firefighters. there's obviously someone inside that building, waving a white towel, seeking help. obviously, doing the right thing, moving to higher ground. >> a large earthquake, magnitude 8.4 hit northern japan. it has led to fires. that fire in an oil refinery completely under control. a large inferno. chiba prefecture. >> so much devastation all across the country. we should add there are close to 100,000 u.s. military personnel and dependants in japan. the u.s. military is saying they're all safe thus far. >> that's right. military planes were stuck up in the air cir
you saw our camera reporter in miyagi. and it looks like the tsunami has engulfed several cities in the miyagi prefecture. live footage as the tsunami has struck the area, obviously, engulfing farms, homes, alongside the river. can you see the white tsunami wave moving upstream. obviously, the camera is shaking there from aftershocks that are going on. looks like there's a fire that's happening inside the city. obviously, not being completely contained by firefighters. there's obviously someone...
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. >> reporter: in miyagi prefecture, this woman is still looking for her husband. she says she believes he is safe somewhere but is afraid he could be suffering. there is now widespread concern over radiation that's leeched into the food supply. milk, spinach and other leafy vegetables farmed near the reactors could be unsafe. there are calls on the japanese government to ban its sale. ingesting contaminated food is more harmful than radiation in the air. here in the u.s. customs and border agents examine just about all imported goods for radiation. >> they picked up radioactive blueberries coming from russia. that system is now in place, screening over 99% of our food that comes in here. i think it's safe. >> reporter: the carrier "uss george washington" moved out of tokyo bay last week and was moved further off the coast out of concern it could be exposed to too much radiation. >> t.j. winick, thank you. >>> back here in the united states, hundreds of homes near denver are being threatened by wildfires burning in nearly perfect conditions. flames are being pushed
. >> reporter: in miyagi prefecture, this woman is still looking for her husband. she says she believes he is safe somewhere but is afraid he could be suffering. there is now widespread concern over radiation that's leeched into the food supply. milk, spinach and other leafy vegetables farmed near the reactors could be unsafe. there are calls on the japanese government to ban its sale. ingesting contaminated food is more harmful than radiation in the air. here in the u.s. customs and...
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monday, a 6.5 magnitude quake off the coast of miyagi rocked northeast japan, prompting a brief tsunami warning. there were no immediate reports of damage. and officials at the nuclear plant say it will not impact work to stabilize the reactors. [ sirens ] >> reporter: newly released video of the march 11th tsunami striking shows just how quickly the wave consumed everything in its path. sweeping away cars and buildings until that coastal city was destroyed. in the face of so much adversity, there are many examples of resilience. "i know many people whose homes have drifted away. they have lost everything. so i want to strongly support them." three workers who had been hospitalized for radiation exposure were released today. two of the workers have received radiation burns on their legs when the water they were sloshing around in seeped into their shoes. but the doctors say that they're optimistic they'll make a full recovery although they will keep an eye on them. chris? >> cbs's lucy craft for us in tokyo this morning. lucy, thank you. now joining us from washington is nuclear expert
monday, a 6.5 magnitude quake off the coast of miyagi rocked northeast japan, prompting a brief tsunami warning. there were no immediate reports of damage. and officials at the nuclear plant say it will not impact work to stabilize the reactors. [ sirens ] >> reporter: newly released video of the march 11th tsunami striking shows just how quickly the wave consumed everything in its path. sweeping away cars and buildings until that coastal city was destroyed. in the face of so much...
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now, because the infrastructure is so badly damaged, in the most hard-hit areas, which are miyagi and iwate, now the effort has shifted to getting those -- the evacuees out of their home states, their home prefectures, sending them anywhere in japan that will have them. putting them in public housing, private homes, hotel, inns, you name it. anywhere that they can be safe and warm and comfortable and have access to medical services and food supplies and all of that. so the effort has very much changed in the last few days. >> cbs news correspondent lucy craft. thank you. >>> and now let's get a check of this morning's other headlines. cbs news correspondent and "morning news" anchor betty nguyen is at the news desk. >> good morning, everybody. in the wake of the nuclear disaster, the state department is expanding the area for volunteer evacuations for family members of u.s. personnel in japan. the new parameters extend to 13 areas, in addition to the cities of tokyo, nagoya and yokohama. last week americans were urged to avoid travel to japan. the new warning gave no details about why
now, because the infrastructure is so badly damaged, in the most hard-hit areas, which are miyagi and iwate, now the effort has shifted to getting those -- the evacuees out of their home states, their home prefectures, sending them anywhere in japan that will have them. putting them in public housing, private homes, hotel, inns, you name it. anywhere that they can be safe and warm and comfortable and have access to medical services and food supplies and all of that. so the effort has very much...
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in miyagi, a mass funeral. with funeral homes destroyed and fuel for cremation in short supply, this former garbage dump, now the temporary resting place for as many as 1,000 quake and tsunami victims. when things are somewhat back to normal, those bodies will be cremated. the death toll now exceeds 9,300 and certainly will climb higher. erica? >> bill whitaker in tokyo, thanks. >>> now here's chris. >> thank you. >>> now the latest from libya, where for the fourth night in a row, the u.s. and its allies attack targets in and around the capital tripoli. moammar gadhafi appeared in public for the first time since the air attacks began telling supporters, quote, we'll do feet them by any means. we will not surrender, end zoets. officials say nato is working out its differences and will take over enforcement of libya's no-fly zone. news correspondent mark phillips in tripoli with the latest on the violence. >> reporter: good morning, chris. the first news this morning is actually from misrata, a little town the re
in miyagi, a mass funeral. with funeral homes destroyed and fuel for cremation in short supply, this former garbage dump, now the temporary resting place for as many as 1,000 quake and tsunami victims. when things are somewhat back to normal, those bodies will be cremated. the death toll now exceeds 9,300 and certainly will climb higher. erica? >> bill whitaker in tokyo, thanks. >>> now here's chris. >> thank you. >>> now the latest from libya, where for the fourth...
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on tuesday, a young man was pulled from the rubble in miyagi. >> people don't die easily, this rescuer says. that's why we are doing our best, continuing to search. for all they have lost, the people of japan have not lost hope. japan is not only accepting u.s. help in terms of aid and recovery, but they are also going to accept the help of u.s. nuclear experts en route here. meantime japanese officials within the last hour or so continue to say that the radiation levels are stable at the plant. they continue to work the problem. they have abandoned the idea of a fly-over to drop water on number 3 and will inject water from the ground. they say radioactivity levels now are stable at the site. >> let me talk to you about the radiation situation. you were in sendai for 36 hours, lester. i mentioned you made it to tokyo overnight and as you arrived at the hotel you and the crew were screened for radiation. talk to me about it. >> reporter: nbc hired a radioactive expert who met us at the hotel. he scanned us with a geiger counter. you see in the still video. all of us tested clean. he che
on tuesday, a young man was pulled from the rubble in miyagi. >> people don't die easily, this rescuer says. that's why we are doing our best, continuing to search. for all they have lost, the people of japan have not lost hope. japan is not only accepting u.s. help in terms of aid and recovery, but they are also going to accept the help of u.s. nuclear experts en route here. meantime japanese officials within the last hour or so continue to say that the radiation levels are stable at the...
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still missing. 24-year-old taylor anderson of richmond, virginia, was an english teacher living in the miyagi prefecture. >> she loved teaching japanese children. she was living her dream. >> reporter: when the earthquake hit, taylor helped get the children out of the school, waiting till their parents arrived. for days her parents waited for word from taylor. >> i wanted to touch her, feel her, listen to her, hear her voice. >> reporter: but taylor's call never came. her body was found monday. the first american among thousands of japanese known to have perished in the disaster. as the search for the missing labors on, another american family is still waiting to her from their loved one, 26-year-old monty dixon. he belonged to the same program as taylor, teaching english in awati, another area ravaged by the tsunami. his family in alaska is consumed by worry but focused on their mission. >> the grief is overwhelming. i've got to find my brother. >> reporter: we wish those people well. there's another american angle. that radiation plume coming over the united states. every official that i kn
still missing. 24-year-old taylor anderson of richmond, virginia, was an english teacher living in the miyagi prefecture. >> she loved teaching japanese children. she was living her dream. >> reporter: when the earthquake hit, taylor helped get the children out of the school, waiting till their parents arrived. for days her parents waited for word from taylor. >> i wanted to touch her, feel her, listen to her, hear her voice. >> reporter: but taylor's call never came....